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Coding Style

The Coding Rangers had their first somewhat informal meeting on Jan. 21 to determine a uniform coding style. They came up with the following:

• Comment as much as you can using /* ... */.
• At the top of every file, include your name, the filename, and the purpose of the file.
• Comment on what a function is supposed to do before the function definition.
• Change to newline once you reach column 80. Nothing to be typed beyond column 80!
• When naming variables,
  • use single letters (like i, j, a, or v) for counters only;
  • assign the variable a name that best describes what it is used for (but please don't make it too long);
  • and separate words with caps.
    Eg. noOfOrders, not nooforders
• When naming a function, name it according to what it is supposed to do.
  Eg. void updateDelivery, int setInitialValue, not void Deliveries, int InitialValues
• Class names must begin with a capital letter
• Declare each variable in a line by itself. It is easier to comment a variable this way. Do not use commas to separate the variable names if they have the same data type.

    Eg. correct   int i; //To count the number of times in for-loop
                  int j; 
                  int k; //To count another variable
    
    Eg. wrong     int i,j,k;           //How do I separately comment 
                  int i; int j; int k; //the variables here?

• Type four (4) spaces over for every block of code. (This is as opposed to tabbing.) For example:

 main () { 


     int x; //Notice the four spaces over 

     int y; 


     for (x = 0, y = 10; x < 10 && y > 0; x++, y++) { 
    
         printf("x is %d, y is %d\n", x, y); 

         printf("The sum of x and y is %d\n", x + y); 

         if (x == 5)  

             printf("We've reached the halfway point!\n"); //Moved four spaces over
     } 


     printf("Hello, world!"); 

 } 

• Only main () will start at column 1. Tab every block of code four spaces over.
• Include an empty line after the declaration of variables (see above example).
• When using operators, make sure to have a space between the operands and the operator for readability.
  Eg. i = 0;, not i=0;
• For keywords such as while, for, if, else, put a space after the keyword and the expression following it.
  Eg. if (x == 0) is correct; if(x == 0) is incorrect
• When using brackets, put the opening bracket on the same line as the function or expression that opens it.
  Eg. CORRECT:
  int setSafeEmptyState {
...
}
  INCORRECT:
  int setSafeEmptyState
{
...
}
  

Member list

Last Name	Name	Seneca Username	Section	Blog Url	IRC Nick	SVN ID	My Contributions	Role
Chau	Sunny	schau5	B	Blog	ScsC	TBA	Contributions	Team Contact
Cheung	Christopher	cgcheung	B	http://rocketpants.blog.ca/	Rocketpants	n/a	Contributions	Team Contact
Huang	Dachuan	dhuang	B	http://hdc23.wordpress.com/	Da_Truth	n/a	Contributions	Team Contact
John-Sandy	Anastasia	ajohn-sandy	B	http://anastasiasaurus.blogspot.com	annieJS	n/a	Contributions	Team Contact
Oberes	Donna	daoberes	B	Blog	Donna_Oberes	n/a	Contributions	Team Contact
Wang	Cong	Cwang84	A	http://wangcong422.blogspot.com/	cwang84	n/a	Contributions	Team Contact
Wang	Shengwei	swang94	A	http://shengwei-seneca.blogspot.com/	Shengwei	n/a	Contributions	Team Contact
Xue	Yong	yxue11	B	http://yxue11.blogspot.com/	yxue11	n/a	Contributions	Team Contact
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